Raskot ( ne, रास्कोट) is an urban
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in
Kalikot District
Kalikot District ( ne, कालीकोट जिल्ला ), a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of , had a population of 105,580 ...
of
Karnali Province of
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
.
The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of
2011 Nepal census
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is 16,272 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 9 wards.
The municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when
Government of Nepal
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T ...
restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new
constitution of Nepal 2015
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Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...
.
Sipkhana
Sipkhana is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घी ...
,
Siuna
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and
Phukot
Phukot is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
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Village development committees were Incorporated to form this new municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at
Siuna
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.
References
External links
* http://www.raskotmun.gov.np/
* https://www.citypopulation.de/php/nepal-mun-admin.php?adm2id=6407
{{Kalikot District
Populated places in Kalikot District
Municipalities in Karnali Province
Nepal municipalities established in 2017